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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the least desirable way for them to organise their family and work life?
Choices: "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time." "The mother works part-time and the father works full-time." "Both the mother and the father work full-time." "Both the mother and the father work part-time." "The father works part-time and the mother works full-time." "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Data: % of "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 France18.3%
3 Germany11.6%
4 Canada11.1%
5 United Kingdom9.1%
7 United States5.7%
8 Japan5.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.197263 X +6.404
Correlation coefficient (r)0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -71915.871714 X +60101.628
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 8.067510 X +80.464
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.180688 X +1.292
Correlation coefficient (r)0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -28.612682 X +13.219
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251